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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
Panic Among Children.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 30. "A horrible panic
occurred tonight among crowd OF little
children attending the annua! holiday cell
ebration OF the Haymarket mission in
Seaman's hall, corner OF Lake and Des-
PLANES streets. This mission is conducted
by the First Congregational church
through a superintendent, Richard d..
Lay. The location is just half n block
from the scene OF the anarchist bomb
throwing, and most Of the half hundred
children present were drawn from the
squalid tenements in the neighborhood.
The little ones were passing up and down
stairs, wnen shivering youngster, attempt
ing to poke the fire in the hall, overturned
the stJve. Superintendent Lay thoughtless-
" yelled, "Firc, fre!' and wild rush by
the children followed. They were met
by Others coming in. All were wedged in
the stairway. Scarcely any escaped with
out being crushed or trampled upon, but,
70 far as is known, there is only one fatali'
ty. Emil Weyk, aged nine, cannot. live
Two sisters Lille and Louise Lemker--
aged ten and eleven, are very seriously
hurt, and the eldest may die. A boy
named William Sanders is the only ont
else heard TO have been seriously injured
The superintendent was at once PLACED
under arrest.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31

TIE people OF Chicago will ask Con-
gross to help them complete the llcnne-
pin Canal and an outlet by the Calumet
at South Chicago, and secure an abundant
flow of lake water through the Chicago river
and its branches. As the Chicago Ne'ns
puts it, they want and ought to have, "a
broad, deep waterway through the Hi
nois valley to the Mississippi river
with its feeders tapping Lake Michi
gan at Chicago, South Chicago and else
where, as competent engineers decide tC
DC necessary, and with n northwes
branch from the Henry basin 10 the uppeI
Mississippi"
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A Wreck ON the Rail.

On Cry, Pa, Dec. 3O.-This evening n
mixed train on the Pi;tsburg & Western
road, composed OF seven freight aud two
passenger cars, went through a trestle
ncAf- st. = Petersburg, and was pre-
cipihted to the bottom Of gully, =
distance Of thirty feet. Almost instantly
the wreck took fire from the car stoves,
and in short time the entire wreck was
mass Of flames. The passengers all sue.
ceedcd in getting out Of the wreck, and
no loss Of life has been reported. Those
seriously injured were: James Hulings,
Edonburg, Pa; A. Kisson, Elk City, Pa
John Atkinson, Parker, Pa; u. iiillard,
Edeuburg, W. Ball, st. Petersburg, and
II. White, Foxburg.
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ChIcngo's a itIe Receipts.

CmcAoo, H., lee. 3l.-The DrorcS
Journal annual review of Chicago's live
stock trade shows rrceipts Of 2,37S,0OO cat
tie, 00, 500 calves. 8. 6O,0OOhogs and ,S6s.-
800 sheep. The re, eipts OF cattle, calves,
sheep aud horses re the heaviest on rec
ord. Compared v th 1886 the receipts
show an increase o 4l5,0O0 CATTLE 1900
calves, %, 1000 sheep and $4,000 horses
and decrease OF J. $4,000 hogs. Total ro-
ccipts Of Texas aid Indian cattle were
4S5, 900, being 1874, 80 more than received
in 1886, and 1900 more than were, re-
ceived in 1884, which was the previous
banner year for ToSas cattle receipts. The
receipts Of western range cattle were 2Gl,
200, being 81 900 more than in 1856, and
the largest on rccorl by about 10000 head.
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John Ashw Orth.
From the London Spectator.

From the London Spectator.
To John Ashw0rth, author and evangel-
list, poverty was Il sore trouble; he was con-
scious OF it. AS boy he had to 90 up
before an assembled company TO receive
"the first prize" and was unhappy and
ashamed that he must 90 60 with bare
feet. AS lac went up to the platform amid
the clapping OF hands he says 81 would
have given go, had possessed il, for
something with which TO cover my feet"
And when returning in triumph to his
place: al cried as though my heart would
break, because was such poor, poor
boy, and thought some OF the other boys
sncered at my poverty"
Weak, no doubt; but weakness Is for
given IN the prize winner, and in John
Ashworth's case was intimately connected
with the secret OF the success OF those
"Strange Tales" for which il was 50 diff
cult, so almost impossible, TO find n pub
Usher, but OF which upward Of 5000, ZOO
have been sold, and which have been
translated into Welsh, French, Dutch,
Spanish and Russian. John Ashworth
understood the men and women whose
stories lac told. When he died, at sixty,
almost his last request was that all tho
Sunday school children in school lane
should have n pair Of new clogs and new
stockings. The remembrance OF that
early pain had not died out.
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Early oranges IN California.

Oroyilc Letter In the San Francisco Examiner
One great fact about the citrus belt OF
the north is that oranges ripen and aro
ready for the market at least six weeks
earlier than at Riverside and Los Angeles.
beginning December Is, they are IN a
proper condition to ship. The cause OF
this is not difficult to sec. The winters
here are about M midland warm as IT Los
Angeles. II there Is any difference, how1
ever, IL Is in favor Of the latter city. But
the sprinetimc and autumn Of this vicinity
are several degrees warmer. This rs whst
makes the fruit mature earlier. In southern,
California II Is hardly ready for the market
before February, and no shipments arc
made before that month. last season the.
southern region made shipments to tho
number Of 1000 boxes. Now point that
should be noted, and constantly be bornd
in mind. and one that should disabuse al
jealousy from the minds Of some peoplsl
living in the southern section. Is that th'l
northern citrus belt can have the bulk u
liz oranges sold and delivered before tho
southern growers are cady for the market
No shipments OF oranges have ever becH
made from this section, but next year II !:
almost certain that there will be scvcrai
| from this town. I
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JrnsEy CrrY, n. j., Dec. 5o.-Thc
books found rccntly in the Hackcnsack
river, aud suppose lo be the accounts Of
the firm Of Daicr 1impson & Co, OF New
York, arr In the possession OF Norman l.
Rowe, jersey City lawyer. Today n
gentleman who represented himself as
Samuel u. Mct;il cslled On Mr.. Rove and
claimed the books ior the firm. Mr.. Rowe
niu.cd To deliver ihem, and said he would
retain them ulpiI their Ownership was
proved. MIR. ROW In making his exam
ination Of the boos-, discovered an entry
referring Ia lIcnr \ Iyce, and Mr. Rove
is Of the opinion tid the books belong TO
Mr. Ives,
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MAJ. J. I. PETIT was one Of the seven
men who formulated the scheme OF gov
eminent which Memphis now enjoys.
Mr.. w. j. Chase was 20 much its opponent
that he refused to resign his position of
alderman in the old city government. To
vote for Petit and the straight Petit ticket
is TO vote 10 keep the city government in
the hands Of those men who lifted Nom
phis out OF the miro into which she was
thrust by the elements which made the
Chase ticket.
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Judrmen,. AZ .,asl the Railroad.

SHERMAN, Tex. Dec. 3O.-In tho dis
trict court Of Sherman yesterday judgment
was given in favoroi Guntcr q Munson,
Of this city, against II. u. Sanborn, the
Houston 4 Texa Central railway and
J. T. Gliddcn. for 2, 1870 acres Of land in
the Panhandle, AMI against the Houston
& Texas Central railway, in favor Of san.
born and Glidden for Sl4,626 80, with all
costs. This u n case where Guntor x
Munson located an lands owned by the
railroad, and which the railroad had given
into the hands q Sanborn and Glidden.
who had put improvements thereon.
A motion for nov trial was oyerrulcd,
and the court Of appeals will have to con-
slider the case, The total Judgments
against the Houstsn 4 Texas Central rail
way will amount u nearly 100000.
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NEw York, Dec. 3D.-Disirict Attorney
MARITIME today filed the following memo
randum in the matter Of the charges made
against Jay Gould and Russell sage by the
bondholders OF the Kansas Pacific rail-
road:
"This is an application TO present to the
grand Jury charge Of larceny against jay
Gould and Russell hage, under Section 81
OF the penal code. In my opinion, the
acts with which The defendants stand
charged constitute crime. A possible
obstacle TO q successful prosecution OF the
persons complained Of is the statute OF lin
itatons. Yet there are strong reasons for
believing that this obstacle Is not lnsur-
mountable. The Statute under which II
IL Sought TO pros, cute may be 40 con
strued ~ TO allow the people to proceed,
Notwithstanding The statute OF Limitations,
and such construction would have much
support in reason ard common sense. The
question is 40 close md the interests in
volved, here M wei Of the people as OF Tho
defendants, are D. important 1t scent
proper 10 leave the determination OF TIM
question OF law 10 the courts, and In ordel
10 effect this result tho facts should b'
laid before the gran jury and, If proven
an indictment foun and tried"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31

nal of Nebraska, uses this plain language;
'The West has refused to clap its hands
and shout with joy over MIR. Blaine's
buglc blast against tariff reduction. 1t
does not appeal strongly to section where
two-thirds Of the population are tillers oil
the soil, whose unprotected products are
bought and sold on the basis OF the Liver
pool market. Western farmers may not
be as familiar IA the Bessemcr steel kings,
the lumber barons or the Eastern indus
trial lords with the intricacies oil tariil
schedules but they know enough to know
that excessive taxation is not conducive
10 the general welfare"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
GRANDBALLAND BANQUET
ANOTHER BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT
BY THE MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
Lavish Preparations and Vigilant At
tention Give the Guests Delightful
and Abiding Impressions of the
Fourth Annual Entertainment.

The Merchants exchange achieved an
other brilliant success last evening. The
annual banquet and ball OF the exchange
has become regular feature Of the
winters social gayctes. The members
we're determined that the entertainment
of this year should in no way be surpassed,
and that their efforts in this direction were
successful the gathering last night fully at
tested.
Every preparation for the enjoyment
and comfort of the guests were provided,
and no one left with u sigh over neglect.
Extensive decorations greeted the eye,
from the banner-draped entrance to the
artistic adornments Of the dining-room,
The national colors were displayed on
every hand, the windows being cur
tanned with them, while the chandeliers
were handsomely bcflagged and draped.
The tile floor was highly polished, and the
dancers monopolized its surface the entire
evening. Arnold's band furnished the
music, and rendered the following dance
program:
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R,,er IsIegrsss.

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ptTrsHu 80, N, ~. u .lNct " wv ~ '''''
and falling Weather clcaf aud cni
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t,gh,. mi Using Weather culd. showing
VtcHsnuRG. Miss. I've. n-Nirht =, hl,st i',l
t,g Arrived IUrCrut and hafH,e h'''"' ''.''
irfairing i,clcr leaves tonight
NASHVILLE. Ind. nv. %. Nenn thtg
2 Al .ran, Cloudy aud c,ol. Niahi I'VE
H., bslow thg clv aud the tacswalrt lniA,
w. ,,,,. ,,',d tri 10 and fising. weather tlun
and cold ,,,.. "a
IorIsyIIIr, NY. p~c. - -N".n., Ei' e., ,ai,
49,, a ID inches IN the canal ! toul h,l' H
,,ia',.ti w,s,thrf cloudy ard cuid Night III. q
gitne i,sst inches 10 the ennal. l.N' "h wv
isils Weather cloudy. culd aud snowlns. a.. a,
CAIUn. in. n-' - Noon Aui'ea inn
,hrrfy. isinw an tNdr. vhln' w ~" u n,
ii thrrt. ohio. . AN, tly'ic' ohst w ~,
Ii,cf = Inst Z inehfs ani Alling Nea'n,. ,i,'S
stt mid Iiaht tnuW tnis mofninF. Nlns ~.
ni,.I az d.t.,ftnrs River 9tcHi inebr ah'
f,iiin1 Weather cloudy aud vcf1 cold
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smrggIed Good. Preferred.

From the Detroit Pre- lrcs~
She asked for lace Of a certain kind, an
the clerk took down box, and excuse
the small quantity in Il by saying
1--WE sold quantity OF this the 9TH
This is exactly like my sample isn
~" M,
"yes'm. You must have bought tn
ooh, no, sir-I bought II Of a peddler-
"Ahi"
"And paid him IA cents per yard, viii
You only charge q. y
III scc. lie told you-T
THAT Il was smuggled over rom 'aI
ada"
"Exactly. We sell TO n number who
about telling the same story, but Of couI'
We are not responsible"
IL" Z
"Just NJ, ma'am. know Just how y
feel about Il, but, being q woman, you 4
neither swear at yourself nor kick the mi
for liar. win you sit down in the bal
end Of the store until your emotion ~
sides? No! All, well. call again. Moth
else today3'
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31

NRw YoRK, DC. 30.-Pctty Jessie
White, OF Brooklyn, left her home in
Brooklyn this morning in apparently good
health, and an fhur or two later her
mother was informed that Jessie was lying
dead In the house NJ Mrs. Theresa Smith,
a midwife. A NOS in her pocket bearing
Mrs. Smiths ad,fcss led 10 the arrest OF
Pulaski w. Klein, and post-mortcm OK.
animation revealed the fact that she died
as the rcsil, Of criminal practice. Mn
Smith declares that she did not perform
the opcraion. and that the girl came e
her house. laid down on n lounge aud died
suddcs1s, without making her errand
lnoWn
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31

MARAsA, Ark, Dec. 20. Albert Peters
was hanged hep at II o'clock this morn
ing for the murder Of VIM. johnson, neal
Trenton, this .ounty, in April, 1886.
Peters had twic escaped and was recapt.
urcd. The execution was private. Tho
Lee County guards, Capt j. 4. Wood,
wcrr on guard dIfy. Peters WIS very ~
lirious and rcsipkd, frightened bu, nervy.
The death warruli was read 10y Deputy
sheriff W. T.. wei at 1890 o'clock, aud
then the doomed man was led TO the scai.
fold. In a small ~ ding just large enough
ior the twenty-five spectators. Sheriff
Harrington spnp tie trap. Tho con
dcmncd man iclli oven feet and his neck
was broken.
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Eyaugc'ipe.

The sale OF seats for the engagement OF
the Rice Evangeline party will open this
morning at Witzmann's. The company
will appear Mt the New Years matinee,
Monday afternoon, at the Memphis
theater. 1t il an amusing extravaganza,
so elastic that any number of specalties
can be introduced and it retains lis bright
ness and freshness. 1t is full of pretty
music and pretty girls and other attrac-
tons, sedate and comic, TOO numerous to
mention. The company has been
strengthened in every respect. The en-
gagement of the Rice Evangeline attrac-
tons is for three nights and matinee.
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,,.,.lnad'- wor-, Oversight.

FROM the ksn-as lily Journal
Colonel, you're a good Democrat,
remarked tn Col. bourbon the other day;
what do you think Of the Presidents
mesagc7" a.
1T was very discrcditablc, sir, very dis
crcdiiablc, 4" replied the colonel With some
warmth. "rhc idea Of dcyoting his entire
,ncs~age 10 the tariff
"Wcll." adpiltcd, che might have
said something about the fisheries, civil
service reform and
"IIane the fshericsl Civil service re
form bc bowed" roarcd the colonel
'Why, that man spent two days 70 thu
town and hc saw The whole OF Il. J wa
on the reception comndticc. And ye
lhcr isn't word in the whole blank mes
sagr alout Kansas City. Cleveland ~
great, fat, useless cumbcrcroi the ground
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31

Mr. CoRcoRAS, the renowned philan-
thropist, Of Washington, cannot live
always, but the world is not yet ready to
part with him. lie is so noble an example
to rich men OF bcncyolcnce, tempered by a
generous discretion, that he is necessary,
especially at the capital, where there Is 80
much Of temptation TO corruption. lie il
necessary, too, TO the people, who love him
rs the type and center Of all tl.at is noble
and unsclhsh.
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THE APPEAL AND BIRMINGHAM


Two weeks ago The APPEAL rcpub-
lished from The NeO York Herald what
was vouched for by that paper rs reliable
statement OF the modus operandi OF the
Elyton Land Company, and II also on TIC
same day and in the same column pub
lished statement from The Birmingham
Furnace and Factory 10 the same effect,
The Hcrdlfs statement was made
by correspondent who knew what
he was writing about 1t was a statement
quite borne out by facts known to every
intelligent person in Birmingham, as the
editor OF The Fuuao and Factory, who
makes Birmingham his home, testified.
The Age few days after The APPEALS
publication Of these statements, charged
us with having purpose TOT njure Birming-
ham in doing 80, and this in face OF the fact
that we had republishcd from its columns
n few weeks before the figures and facts OF
the Smilhiield Land company iiasco, to
which The Herdh makes allusion in the
article which we reproduce from II this
morning. Nothing could be farther from
any purpose TmE ArrEAL has in connec'
necton with Birmingham. Indeed, Thu
Age must have known IL was nsrcprc'
scntng ms, because on the day-Deccm'
Der I5-whcn the articles from The Herald
and The Furnace and Faciory were pub
, lishcd by us, We accompanied them with
the following editorials
Birmingham Ala, n the extraordinary produc
ofnn extraordinary population. Of people foil o
pluck. endurance energy aud enterprise ana, aboN
ALL full Of faith In themselves. They have bun
~ great industries and have an intelligent apprc
citation oi their surrounding, Of great wealth In TN
coal aud iron that lies NJ thclf very door. The
! have made birmingham, and they have malt th
surrounding towns that never should aud ne'e
would have had an existence hut for the allgnsI
Z Lg gryed OF n iand company that accurdln
e to The Bi0amgham Furnace uHd fur'orl
weighs their cncFlcs like u nightmare, that co
iccts ufiff ~ lnnrr that H. stock II listed nj
about ~ u1D per share OF thirty times ~ orglnf
is value. mi, enormous Increase In value rprcscn
the earnings oi this industrious population of cal
iinliss and workinEmen. without witch, mine- {
- no mines birmingham could not have had an e.
lstcucc. but, saddcr sill 10 say II represents Walt
NOT alway- l,alima,cy made II the statements
COP, from The NoH i0rl Hudh aud from Tho ~
nacr and Flc'oV arc true. Are they truci
In this We gave Birmingham and d
people the high place ii and they deserve
but We dcplorcd the fact that their cncrgi'
arc weighted aud their future handicappe
by corporation the stock OF which coul
not be- selling today ut 500
per share ii Il was not m'
nopoly Of the dangerous chancl'
described by The FuWa1md Fac'oryand b
, The Neg Tork Herald Tho wonder is,
ly view Of these facts, not that birmingham
T. what il is, but that Il is what II is in SPIT
n Of the Elytm land Company and sue
y schemes ~ the collapsed Smithhcld Ian
Company.
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she win Away, Hay There Hereafter.

Ffom ihc Ilfooklyn kagIo
They are In shoe store Mr. Man has
bought for himself pair OF comiortable
arctics and Mrs. Man has fitted her dainty
feet with the sweetest thing IN handsome
shoes the artist In leather could design
''liow much do | owe Jour asks DIT;
Man. eleven dollars and q quartet,
smilingly SAYS the diplomatic clerk, ~
for the ladies shoes and - - for your arc
les. sir" And his salary Is raised, for he
has gained for the house q stcadiast Gus
tautar
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A Mean ser, Of Horse.

Prom the riumas Cali National
last week George Herring started IN
Indian Valley for Gibeonyille IN d
drawn by n wild mustang. When he cal
10 the Soda SPRING he stopped 10 81
drink Of water. In gettingou he stumbl
apainst the mustang and frightened !
that Il started 10 run with George hangI
10 the lines. II went quite dis,aII
when horse, cart and driver went over
grade. going down the Hill fifty feet, bnI
ing up against some bushes. lie got
hor.r and cart back on the grade, VI
The horse fell In the road, and was uni
10 rise. George tied the halter strap 20
cart and proceeded io unharncss the hoI
As auick ~ the harness was oil, the Ill
grugglcd 20 his feet and wcnton the vi
again, dragging the cart by the haliersi(
By this time George, who had been 4
for some time, was about oxhaustedy
he managed TO get down 10 the horse
GOT him back on the grade again, lea
| lie cart. Thinking horseback ridingwj
be good for an invalid, he ATTEMPTED
ride back 90 Shooiiy, but was ignomina
| IN buckcd oil iwiec In about a minute. ]
WIS compelled 10 lead the horse TO shol
where be gotta saddle. and again attcmI
to resume his journey. but the brl
again buckcd him off His feet hui
the slirrup aud the hone ran over III
couple OF times and kicked bis clc
nearly of. George came 10 the concl,
that a freight WAGON was the saicst
Of travelling. 10 he came 10 Quincy
Mr.. McCuicheon. wiere he arrived 4
cradle condition, little pose anf
clothes badly damagg.L III
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A severe blizzard.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 3O.--A severe
blizzard set In this afternoon, and tonight
there has been heavy fall Of snow, which
bowling gale has hcapcd in great drifts
Freight trains have been suspended on
most Of the roads ccnicring here, ami
efforts ara being made TO keep the lines
open for passenger and mail trains. There
arr hal drifts along the Lake SHORE y
Western and Milwaukee x Northern, but
up 10 last accounts no serious blockadc'
had resulted.
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Rubber usn.s.es.rcr- Meet.

BosroS, Mas. &c. 3O.-A convention
Of the Rubber M'luiacturcrs association
was held today. Tho members say that
the business does uot Interest the public.
Retail dealers hov yer, think tina, an In
crasc In the pric list Of rubber goods
may bc the outcor while many employees
believe that tho g vcntion u for the pur-
pose Of making lnccrtcd effort 10 r.
ducc Wages Nsai every rubber manu-
tncturcr In the corr ~ u In attendance.
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Frederick Warde.

Mr.. r. c. Hudson, advance agent Of tho
Warde dramatic combination, is in the
city making arrangements for the appear
ance of his people at the theater during
the latter half Of next week, following
"Evangcline. Mr.. warde, during his
engagement will appear in "Galba the
Gladiator" "Damon and Pythias,"
"Brrtus, or the Fall Of Tarquin," and
"Gastin Cadol," his new play, which has
been most successful and which has been
permanently added to his repertoire.
The order of production OF the above
PLAYS has not yet been announced.
''Damon and Pythias" will be given under
the auspices of the Knights OF Pythias.